Three former professors at Oral Roberts University have sued the evangelical institution in Tulsa (Okla) filing a petition in state court that accuses the university's president of using university resources to back a local mayoral candidate and to pay for an extravagant lifestyle for his family. The university released a statement denying the allegations.

The IIEP/UNESCO report "Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: What can be done" has identified private tuition as a major source of "unethical behavior" in India, observing that it has become a major industry, consuming a considerable amount of parents' money and pupils' time. Together with private tuitions, two other major problems that face the Indian education system are the manipulation of entrance test scores and teachers absenteeism.

TI office in B&H has started a new anti-corruption project. The pilot-stage will be implemented in the area of Banja Luka by October 2005. The project activities include a printing of a text-book to be used in school classes and enable the students and their professors discuss the corruption, lectures on ethics and an opinion poll of the professors and students' views on corruption.

La Commission de l'éthique et de la lutte contre la corruption (Celc) a animé une conférence-débat le 6 mai à l'Université de Kinshasa pour sensibiliser les étudiants sur la manière de tourner le dos aux anti-valeurs. A Brazzaville, le professeur d'université toucherait 1.200 dollars Us, en Angola, 2.000 dollars Us, en Ouganda, 2.500 dollars Us. Des salaires bas peuvent "encourager" la corruption dans les établissements scolaires.